Chapter 14: Momiji Tempura
As it turned out, Chen Er really didn't have to mind Rina Koike standing next to him.
Because after starting the live broadcast, Chen Er spoke Chinese, and Koike Rina's Chinese was not good, except for the first few greetings she could barely understand, she almost couldn't understand the other words.
He could only stare at Chen Er with a pair of eyes.
And the fans off the screen also saw the big-eyed cute girl standing next to Chen Er at first sight.
Then they brushed up the barrage one after another, and asked Chen Er to introduce the sister paper.
"This is Rina Koike, a friend I met in the island country."
Pork stewed vermicelli: "Chen Lao Shi is worthy of Chen Lao Shi, wherever you go to live broadcast, you can't go to the cute sister paper!" ”
Eat a pound: "Chen Laoshi, you are a double-standard person!" The last time I was live in the United States, I said that you don't like to have other people around when you are cooking, so don't snail brothers and them into the kitchen! Now that I'm on the island, I'm going to let my cute girl paper into the kitchen! ”
Riding a snail to run to the well-off: "I understand, it's all because I'm not a cute sister paper ......"
Tea eggs invade the earth: "Chen Lao wet is deliberate!" How can sister paper and Chinese paper be the same! ”
Chen Er silently rolled his eyes in his heart, and began to take out the ingredients in the bamboo basket the same.
Then brought the topic back.
"The last time I did a live broadcast in the United States, there were some more peculiar fans who said that the anchor had eaten food made of flowers, which was food made without leaves."
"So, today's anchor will use the leaves to make a delicacy!"
"This dish comes from an island nation and is the most common delicacy in Osaka's Minoh market."
Chen Er said as he picked up a plate in his hand.
I saw a thick pile of maple leaves neatly stacked on the plate, almost every maple leaf was the same size, as if it was perfectly reproduced.
The color of the maple leaves is a deep orange-red, and from a distance, it looks like a rising flame.
"The name of this dish is Momiji tempura, and it's a delicious dish made from maple leaves."
After Chen Er finished speaking, the barrage was blank, and on the screen, Chen Er's face was also clean and clean, without the slightest cover.
It seems that everyone is still reacting?
After a while, a large number of thick barrages suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Hold the grass! The people of the island country actually eat maple leaves! ”
"I've never heard of maple leaves that can be eaten!"
"The people of the island country are amazing, I don't help you, I will help you!"
"I'll go, what kind of unhealthy barrage was sent upstairs, and it was actually blocked!"
"If maple leaves can really be eaten...... There are two big maple trees downstairs in my house! Hahaha...... Instantly found a new way to make a fortune! ”
"How do you eat maple leaves? Steamed? Teriyaki? Cold? Deep-fry? ”
"Why haven't I seen anyone eating maple leaves when I travel to the island country?"
"The maple leaves are only available in autumn, are you sure you're going in autumn?"
"So...... Where did Chen Laoshi pick up these wonderful recipes! ”
"Chen Laoshi, let's start quickly! I've got a basin ready to get water! ”
“……”
Chen Er picked up a fresh maple leaf and put it under his nose and sniffed it.
The taste of the maple leaf itself is not strong, only a faint fragrance of the leaves. I guess it doesn't taste like it's delicious.
It's no wonder that the maple leaves made into momiji tempura are pickled for a year beforehand.
Chen Er played with the maple leaf in his hand and said, "This red leaf tempura is not difficult to make, but it takes a little longer." ”
"Because maple leaves have no flavor in themselves, when they are used to make food, they need to be marinated for a period of time in advance to fully absorb the flavor before eating."
"Maple leaves are a plant that only comes in autumn, so when you want to make autumn leaf tempura, you usually start making it in autumn."
"Fresh maple leaves are collected, washed and salted for a year, and then taken out in the autumn of the following year. Wrap it in sweet flour and fry it. ”
Qingtian: "It's really a maple leaf...... It's a great mess ......."
Eat a pound: "Maple leaves can really be eaten?" Won't it be toxic? ”
Tea eggs invade the earth: "Don't worry, even if it's poisonous, it won't poison you, and you won't be able to eat ...... anyway"
Eat a pound: "......"
Chen Er put down the maple leaf in his hand, spread his hand and said, "Tea eggs are good......
"However, everyone can rest assured that the maple leaves I picked today are edible maple leaves and non-toxic."
Chen Er told everyone that in the island country, when everyone makes red-leaved tempura, they will choose some special varieties of maple trees.
For example, maple trees in the maple family. Moreover, the sugar maple tree in the maple family is also an important source of edible syrup production. So from the point of view of consumption, it is completely feasible.
You don't have to worry about poisoning.
Chen Er took out a small ceramic jar and a box of salt.
"The maple leaves I pickle now won't be eaten until next fall, so I also bought some maple leaves that have already been pickled."
Chen'er's eyes fell on another jar in front of him.
The camera pans and sweeps the jar.
"But I have to do something. That way, I'll have one more delicious snack next fall. ”
The process of pickling maple leaves is very simple, just like pickling plums.
Just swapped the sugar for pickling plums with salt.
And pickled maple leaves do not need to be cooked, but directly salted.
Then put it in the jar and seal the mouth of the jar. Just wait until next fall to open it.
Chen Er set aside the jar of pickled maple leaves and took it away later.
"Okay, now you can start frying the maple leaves."
Chen Er opened the jar of pickled maple leaves, and a rich aroma of maple leaves immediately wafted out.
It was as if he was not in the kitchen at the moment, but on a hillside full of maple trees, countless maple leaves were trembling on the branches, and the fragrance was like a floating streamer, with an intoxicating posture, slowly rushing towards Chen Er's face.
Chen Er took a deep breath and said, "Pickled maple leaves have a stronger aroma and more mellow aroma than fresh maple leaves. ”
"Maybe it's because the maple leaves have been sealed in the jar for too long, and the aroma of the maple leaves all gathers together for concentrated fermentation, which is why this hazy drunkenness is born."
When frying maple leaves, you need to pay attention to two extra points.
First, to wrap the sweet flour with maple leaves, choose high-quality flour and add fine sand sugar to the flour. The resulting sweet flour should be white and sweet.
Second, the pot for frying the maple leaf needs to be wide and flat, so that it can be heated evenly, which will not destroy the taste of the maple leaf, and can fry the flour to golden brown and crispy.
However, fortunately, this kitchen of Rina Koike's house is fully equipped with all tools.
Chen Er didn't need to worry about that at all, he just had to concentrate on making the food.